Clothes-line fastener.



E. G. BURNARD. GLOTHES LINE FASTENER. ABRLIOATION FILED APR. 29,1908.

"924,425. Patented June 8.1909.

11% nq-arm I w a a 5 q li ezze EUGENE O. BURNARD, OF NEWARK, OHIO.

CLOTHES-LINE FASTENER.

7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Applicationfiled April 29, 1908. Serial No. 429,879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE O. BURNARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Fasteners, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to clothes line fasteners, the object in viewbeing to provide a simple and effective clothes line fastener which maybe detachably fastened to a wall or like support, the fastener doingaway with all delicate parts such as springs and pivots and beingadapted to lines of different sizes, the fastener operating to clamp theline by the strain placed on the line, for example, by the weight of theclothes suspended thereon.

With the above general object in View the invention consists inthe-novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinfully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View of thefastener embodying the present invention. Fig. 2- is a vertical sectionthrough the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the grip. I

The improved clothes line fastener comprises a base plate 1 which isvertically elongated as shown in Fig. 1 and provided with upper andlower key-hole slots 2 and 3 preferably chamfered or countersunk asshown at 3 adapting the base to be detachably connected to a wall orlike support indicated at 4 by means of screws 5 or their equivalent.The larger ends of the key-hole slots are disposed downward so as toavoid any tendency of the base plate to escape from its position.

Extending outward from the base plate are parallel lugs 6 the same beingconnected adjacent to their outer ends at a suitable distance from thebase plate by a pin or rivet 7 which forms the support for the movableelement of the device which is best shown in Fig. 3, said element beingin the nature of a grip and comprising a curved body 8 ada ted to slidebehind the pin 7 as best shown in *ig.

2. The lower end of the grip 8 has its inner surface roughened orserrated as shown at 9 and is also provided with cylindricalenlargements 10 the ends of which project on opposite sides of the body8 to form pintles or bearings 11 adapted to bear against the under sidesof the lugs 6 as shown in Fig. 1 to prevent the upward escape of thegrip. At its opposite end the grip is provided with a guide 12comprising upturned flanges 13 between which the clothes line indicatedat 14 passes, the flanges 13 extending beyond the side edges of the body8 and thereby forming shoulders which are adapted to come in con tactwith the lugs 6 to prevent the downward escape of the grip. Just beneaththe lugs 6, the outer face of the base plate 1 is roughened or serratedas shown at 1.5 so that the device comprises oppositely arrangedroughened surfaces between which the line 14 is securely clamped whentension or strain is brought to bear on said line, the line bearing downupon the guide 12 and rocking the grip upon the pin 7 as a fulcrum.

When the device is not needed in use the entire clothes line fastenertogether with the clothes line may be removed from the support, leavingonly the fastener screws 5.

Having described the invention I claim- A line fastener comprising abase plate, lugs extending outward therefrom, a pin connecting the saidlugs at a distance from the plate, and a grip supported by said pin andadapted under the influence of the line to rock upon and slidetransversely of said pin, said grip comprising a line gripping face, aline guide, and lateral shoulders which cooperate with the lugs toprevent the escape of the grip from the base plate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE G. BURNARD.

Witnesses:

CLARA BUEHLER, RosA B. OSBU'RN.

